03-29-2009, 05:46 PM
Quote:It's worth noting that some kinds of dragons, such as the Germanic worm/wyrm/wurm, derive from the serpent and not from the larger Middle Eastern reptiles.
Your correct about different origins of the word for Worm but if we looked for the one of the best known Gemanic Worm stories Siegfried/Sigurd this is likely to date from the Roman period not before. Some have even said that he served in the Roman army.
It may have a earlier truth behind of some sort, it but these things change so many times through history that they become lost in the mists of time.
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John
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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John
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
